i'm mark segraves in frederick, maryland where it's up to the judge to decide the fate of the church of skiententology facility slated for this area. >> more heartache for the virginia family dealing with the death of a beloved dog any and why they're now taking the frederick county council to court. it all centers around plans to build a new drug rehab at trout run, but the council doesn't want to do that. our mark segraves reports. >> reporter: the church of scientology paid nearly $5 million to buy trout run once used by president herbert hoover as a fishing retreat, it hopes to build a drug and arcanon on the fproperty. it did qualify for the designation, last summer the frederick county council voted 6 to 1 against the designation. in court today attorneys for the church told the judge council members ignored testimony about the historic merits of the property and were instead swayed by residents who called the church of scientology a cult that they didn't want in their neighborhood. it's clear discrimination against scientology and clear discrimination against narc anonover and

they're doing it with the world's fair. >> mark segraves got a look at the experience that takes youon a walk through rock 'n' roll history. >>. >> this is the building that comes to mind for most people when they think of the 930 club where it's been for the past 20 year, but this is where it all began at 930 f street. it's a j. crew now, but back then the lot was a whole lot different. >> reporter: thousands of musicians have stepped on to the stage of the 930 club over the past 35 years. visitors to the world's fair get to see the bar from the original club on f street. there are instruments like bands like thievery and things you might not expect like the hair dryer that was reserved for the g godfather of soul james brown who played 930 club seven times. >> that's what he needed to keep the that' do going. then you can take the stage before thoueds of screaming fans and y you can even get a 930 club tattoo for free. kareem has worked at the club for 13 years. like many people, he never experienced the original club on f street, but he says that spirit lives on at the new venue.

parking, we've seen a lot from mark segraves about parking in the area.will still be an issue. heads up and just know you need to pack the patience once again. pack it all week long. we have been in weather alert all week. schools out again tomorrow in many areas. 41 degrees for a high. 39 on friday. now, friday, 39 doesn't seem bad with sunshine, but it's going to be rather windy so we're talking windchills down between 20 and 25 at 7:00 p.m. 25 to 30 the rest of the day. so it will be a cold day. not the coldest we've seen so far this season but it will be quite chilly. then we warm. saturday and sunday mid to upper 40s. 49 by sunday and look at next week, guys. doreen, again, you asked me this the other day and i said, no, long we'll hit 60s but look as we've moved closer to the event here, 60 on monday, 60 on tuesday. 65 on wednesday. that coming with.bku÷ very stro storm system that will bring us some good amounts of rain, that could cause flooding if we still have snow and i think we will have snow. that's a situation we're going to be watching very

mark segraves reports. >> reporter: james hill grew up in d.c. and graduated from spingarn high school. he spent six years serving in the army, but in 1990 when he returned from his service, he fell on hard times. >> i served my country. >> reporter: hill has been bouncing back and forth from living on the streets to living in shelters. through it all, hill wasn't one to complain. >> a shelter is okay but it's not your home. >> reporter: hill said he tried to stay positive year after year even as others in the shelters were getting placed in homes. >> you just keep praying and praying maybe one day your time will come. >> reporter: hill finally has a home to call his own thanks to new programs by the bowser administration. >> it takes time. when you've been in a shelter so many long years, you have to get used to starting over. >> reporter: hill is not the only vet to move from the streets of d.c. to his own home this year. 680 other vets have been placed in stable housing this year as well. that's a nearly 50% increase from this time last year.

news4's mark segraves is live with an update on the city's snow response. , mark. >> reporter: hey, doreen. we're at 14th and u street in the northwest. a snow emergency still in effect in washington, d.c. take a look here at the street light. you can see the winds we're dealing with downtown. the mayor warned the worst winds of this storm yet to come and they'll hit d.c. in the next few hours. what the mayor is complaining about is this problem. all these pedestrians and cars sharing the road today. this is what the mayor says is an absolute tragedy waiting to happen. now district leaders today at their press conference 20 minutes ago would give no time line on when neighborhood roads might start to see plowing. they said they're still assessing the situation and still dealing with the massive snowfall on the major routes. they also gave no time line or indication on when metro or schools would reopen. they're going to assess all of that on sunday. but the mayor once again reiterated her plea for residents to stay off the roads. here's what she had to say.

i'm mark segraves. coming up, what >>> what a change we went through this morning. i was out early this morning and it was freezing cold just a few hours later i felt like i didn't even need a coat. >> today was one of those days when kids go with everything on and they come back with none of it. >> that's exactly what happened today in many houses around our region. i can't wait to see if my son has his coat on. let's see what's happening outside right now. yesterday, a high of only 32 degrees. we hit 53 today. the low this morning was 28 and many areas were in the teens and boy, did we skyrocket and temperatures rose quickly and we were at 8 degrees an hour and it was the winds and it was the sunshine and we did get nice and warm and down to 46 and many areas are starting to cool and 43 gaithersburg and nothing on the radar. what we're watching for tomorrow night and this time of year, a storm to the south like this with a lot of moisture in the gulf of mexico and this is coming right up the coast this would be our big snowstorm. no, not going to happen and it wil

mark segraves, news 4. >>> have you heard what the lottery jackpot is now? $1.4 billion.thing? the drawing on saturday night was worth $900 million. nobody won that jackpot, but there were some big winners in our area. there was a $1 million ticket that was sold in worcester county, maryland. another one, $1 million winner bought a ticket in suffolk county, virginia. the next powerball drawing is wednesday night. check this out. here's what it would look like if you took the $868 million cash payout in dollar bills and stacked them in 20 piles under your mattress. your bed would be more than 14,000 feet high. >> you get more snow up that way. >> i guess you would. >> i would try that. >> and those would be some sweet dreams. yes, indeed. >> how do you wrap your mind around that much money? >> you have the rest of your life to do it in luxury. >> exactly right. what's going on with you? >> what are you seeing on your radar? >> we haven't seen much in the way of winter and we said this would be a back loaded winter. we're starting to get more of that winter going now and we

in the district, mark segraves, news 4. >>> thanks, mark. >>> it was a wild chase that stretched overwo counties and it all started over an argument over drugs. it started in prince george's county and ended in montgomery when a car that was being chased drove the wrong way down new hampshire avenue and rammed into several cars and police filed charges and said floyd thompson pointed a gun at another driver and he knew the person he was pointing the gun at. thompson has been arrested and charged with assault. >>> police sergeant at the washington navy yard has been charged with embezzlement and he spent thousands of gas payer dollars to put gas in his own car. the sergeant allegedly used the government-issued gas card in dozens of purchases. federal agents said they found a gas card after they raided a proper ney te erer proper properery in temple hills. >>> new questions are emerging about freddie gray's death ten days before a second police officer goes on trial for his death. it shows signs of an injury two weeks before officers arrested him. he was giving information, and when a s

our mark segraves has our report. >> i just want people to know that there is an attacker out there.porter: she's been raising her family in the bloomingdale neighborhood for years. we'll call her kate. like most nights after work kate was walking home from the shaw metro station to her home about seven blocks away. it was just about 7:00 in the evening and her first sign of trouble came. >> i heard someone give a catcall and didn't even turn around to look at it. >> as kate got closer to her home, a man grabbed her from behind and she still didn't think she was in danger. >> this is crazy. this is a populated street and there were always people around. >> the man dragged her off of the sidewalk and tried to force her beneath the front porch of this house. >> i started to scream and yell and at which point me put me in a choke hold and said he had a gun. >> reporter: fearing for her life she started giving in to the demands. >> he said i want you and he reached for my shirt and he tried to unbutton and rip off my shirt. >> reporter: just at that moment, another woman came running pas

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that, you heard mark segraves talk about it earlier, has helped the ski resorts. the cold air, they've been able to make it. 100% open at liberty. 100% open at winter green. snowshoe has 65 inches of snow so far. they got more today, by the way. good weekend for skiing for sure. next week we'll talk about the temperatures. look how much warmer we are. if we can't melt all this snow in the next week, something is wrong, but i think we will melt it and may melt it kind of fast. we have rain on monday, rain on wednesday. that could bring with it a rather big flood threat. we'll talk much more about that as we head towards next week. by the end of next week we get cold and, guys, i can't rule out the "s" word as we head into the next week. >> what? >> just saying i can't rule it out. >> ouch. >> well, weaver just about nine days away from super bowl 50. this year it's in santa clara, california. the panthers taking on the broncos 40 miles outside of san francisco where officials say they are ready for any potential security threats. >> enforcement will be sharing info

mark segraves is in northwest d.c. now with our report. mark? >> reporter: hey, jim. time to get our calculators out and figure all of this out, but as you said, today d.c. mayor muriel bowser saved thousands of dollars $250 each. she voided 2,829 tickets today, but that still leaves more than $600,000 in ticket that is do have to be paid. of course, that doesn't mean the city is actually going to see all of that money. forgiving $700,000 in fines will make lots of people happy. many saw the ticketing as just another way for the city to make money. >> totally unfair. i think that they gave notice but they should have not given as many tickets out and had given people more of a chance to have a couple more days. >> reporter: while the mayor has now forgiven more than half the tickets today's move still leaves $669,750 worth of ticket that is have to be paid. but because those tickets like any parking ticket can be contested, the district may not see all of that money. the mayor defended the ticketing of more than 5,000 cars as being necessary to clear the major roads t

i'm mark segraves. nearly half of you won't have to pay your snow tickets. coming up, eiffi'll tell you wh off the hook and who still has to pay. >>> world health officials say the zika virus is exploding explosively. our doreen gentzler explains where the cases impacting so many babies is on the rise. >>> plus a local police officer got a big surprise during a routine traffic stop. >>> this week we learned someone in virginia has a confirmed case of the zika virus. >> there's growing concern that virus will spread to the u.s. doreen gentzler is here with me. >> get ready to here more about the zika virus. this morning the world health organization said the virus is spreading explosively in the americas, and they called an emergency meeting for monday to share information with member nations. as we saw with the ebola outbreak a few years ago, it will take a worldwide effort to try to get this under control. >> reporter: the level of alarm is extremely high. that's how the director of the world health organization describes the growing cases of the zika virus

we find news4's mark segraves on top of this story literally. he joins us now live from northeast washington. mark? >> reporter: hey, jim. yeah, i am full of cliches tonight, but i don't know what's more impressive here in the rfk parking lot, the sunset over my shoulder here or all of this snow. if you think this pile of snow i'm standing on is a big pile, take a look over here. these trucks have been coming in all morning, all afternoon, and will be coming through here all night dumping the snow here, tons of it. getting ready so people can go back to work on the streets of d.c. tomorrow. mother nature made it hard, and the snowplows made it even harder to dig out. >> there's only so much you can do when you get 20-plus inches of snow. >> reporter: the district had crews moving the snow off major roadways today. they're hauling all of that snow here to lot seven next to rfk stadium. truck after truck after truckload. to give you an idea how much snow we're talking about, just take a look. as for the neighborhood streets, plows had made it to so

i'm mark segraves. coming up, hundreds of homeless youth on the streets of d.c. and why t >>> developing right now at 5:00, turkish arrested. anti-terrorism police launched the raids one day after an isis suicide bomber detonated in the historic district of istanbul. that bomb killed ten foreigners and most of them were german tourists. a top russian official says the suspects were allegedly in contact with isis militants and had provided logistical support to isis. >>> back close to home, it's back to work for lawmakers and the maryland general assembly kicked off the new legislative session. they're expected to tackle a wide range of issues from taxes to transportation to police reform. news 4's chris gordon live now at the statehouse in annapolis. chris? >> reporter: the citizen journalists will be meeting for the last 90 days and last yore they voted to spend $1 billion on new school construction in baltimore city and now they're realizing that's only the beginning and they must address police distrust by some of the people who live in the poorest sections of

mark segraves set out to get some answers and he joins us live with the reaction. mark? >> reporter: chief dean says this is an unfortunate case of human error and while firefighters involved may face discipline, the fire chief says he's more concerned with fixing the system so that something like this never happens again. >> we are devastated. they're devastated. it will impact them for the rest of their lives. >> reporter: sunday afternoon gloria jackson called 911. her husband, 67-year-old albert jackson was suffering a heart attack. >> he was a nice man and loved his grandkids and loved his family. he was a nice man. >> reporter: firefighters were outside the jacksons' home in minute, but they never went to the door. when they arrived, police were across the street helping someone who firefighters thought was the victim who they were called for. >> ran across the police who said, hey, we don't need your services aren't required. they made the assumption that that was the right location. they had the other units put back in service and they returned to quarters. >> mr

as mark segraves shows us, the dispute is all coming down to a tree house.this is archibald walk, an historic enclave tucked in an alley in the heart of cap tool hill. there are half a dozen homes on archibald walk, but there say storm brewing here, a controversy and it all centers around this tree house. >> everyone loves a tree house and everyone loves kids and as kids we wish we on u know, we wish we had one of these, but i think it's better suited for a backya backyard. this is our front yard and it protrudes into our public space. the tree house went up in mid-august. the homeowners say they got the proper permits from the city. according to the capitol hill corner blog which first reported the controversy. ddot did issue a temporary permit for the structure, but neighbors have complained and they say it hangs over public space by more than two feet and shouldn't have been allowed in the historic district in the first place. >> the commission voted to ask ddot to force the structure to come down. in the district, mark segraves, news 4. >>> this time tom

from the 930 club, mark segraves, news 4. ç >>> justin bieber causing an international incident.t the pop star is accused of doing that got him and his whole entourage kicked out of a historic site. >> from bieber we go to the health & fitness expo. a live look now. look at this dance crew in the midst of a morning workout here, 20 minutes into the start of the expo. a lot is happening before noon alo alone. they have kung fu and self-defense class. >> they also have yola. the instructor said get ready to shake you >>> happening today, your chance to become $800 million richer. it is here. the country's largest powerball jackpot drawing is tonight. news 4's derrick ward joins us from one of the luckiest stores in maryland. derrick, you better be stocking up. >> well, indeed i am. we're at this giant here in buoy. last year they sold a 1 million dollar winning ticket. i think a lot of folks will be coming back here hoping that lightning strikes twice. $800 million is good for a $2 investment. as you said, this is one of the largest jackpots. it started out at about $40 million in

to open two additional stores in the district in neighborhoods that need an economic boost and mark segraves is live in northwest with the response from walmart and city officials. >>> hey, good evening, chris. this walmart here on georgia avenue has been a boost to this neighborhood just like the ones on h street and the one near fort totten. this store here used to be an abandoned car dealership and sat empty for years and it's helped to revitalize this northwest neighborhood and two neighborhoods in ward 7 that were promised walmarts won't be getting the stores that they were counting on. >> i'm blood mad about it. >> today's news that walmart is backing out of deals to open two more stores came as a stock district leaders. >> they made a commitment to two other stores to private developers. so we're very concerned about that. we will turn our attention to those private developments to see anything and everything the city can do to make sure they continue to be viable. >> the city has been bringing jobs and retail to poor neighborhoods that need a boost. without walmart to anchor the capi

at reagan national, mark segraves, news 4. >>> there were similar demonstrations in nine other citiesoughout the country and they include new york, philadelphia, chicago, miami, seattle and portland, oregon. most of the protests were peaceful, but in boston, six protesters were arrested at logan airport. police there say they wouldn't leave when they were told to do so. all of the protests involved contract workers. >>> new terror concerns ahead of the super bowl. what the news 4 i-team has uncovered three weeks before that game. >>> i'm julie carey in richmond, virginia, where gun lobbyists take on added intensity on both sides of the issue and coming up i'll tell you what the chairman notes to do to help gun owners. >>> new fears with the zika virus that's now having an impact in the u.s. with the first confirmed case. a warni >>> if you've been outside you already know it's not just cold out there. it is bitterly cold. tomorrow could be even worse because of the windchills. doug right you in is working on the forecast to let you know how to prepare before you head out to work and s

. >> in this case the ambulance arrived within a matter of minutes, but as mark segraves discovered it went to the wrong address. mark, what are you hearing? >> reporter: yeah, chris. this is just the latest failed response by the d.c. fire department. a new mayor and fire chief have been working to improve response times, but on sunday a man died despite the fact that a fire department truck showed up right outside of his house within minutes. it was sunday afternoon gloria jackson called 911 after her 67-year-old husband albert jackson had collapseded. her grandson performed cpr as mrs. jackson stood by waiting for help to arrive. after no help came mrs. jackson called 911 again. >> i kept running out to see where they were and they took forever. i don't understand what happened. >> according to chief gregory dean, first responders were there within minutes, but they went to the wrong location. dean says when his crew arrived on the street where jackson lived they saw d.c. police helping a person on the sidewalk. they assumed that was the same person who had called them and since pol

mark segraves is in downtown washington now to explain why the man's lawyer says it was not his fault. mark? >> reporter: yeah, jim, there's still signs of that accident here along "l" street, in fact, there used to be a tree right here where i'm standing. today in court it was revealed that the driver of the car who caused this accident had prior convictions and, in fact, was awaiting trial on another charge when this incident happened sending six victims to the hospital. according to courtroom testimony today, malik lloyd has a pending drug distribution charge. he also has convictions for other drug and gun-related charges. he's currently a student and an employee at the university of district of columbia. according to police, lloyd was drinking at the barcode nightclub on new year's eve. he left with a woman who told police she was too drunk to drive so lloyd drove her car. witnesses told police they saw him hit a car on 17th street and then speed off. the car then was seen turning onto "l" street where it jumped the curb, took out a tree and hit several pedestrians before finally

our mark segraves went along to find out what it takes to keep those folks fed, warm and safe. >> there a lot of elderly people that don't have anybody to help give them the support. >> 75-year-old almeta davis lives alone, but she knows there's someone looking out for her and thousands of other seniors. >> are you prepared for the storm? >> olivia ikenberry is part of a team of social workers doing a check on senior citizens ever since the temperature dropped. >> a lot of things can happen and it's important that we check on our friends and neighbors. >> while the majority of wellness checks prevent anything from going wrong, sometimes they do find seniors who are in need of immediate help. >> we have a few cases a month and those cases are usually related to, you know, lack of heat in the home or somebody is experiencing some sort of medical emergency or there's a food crisis in the home. while mrs. davis is ready for the snow she is concerned. >> i worry about the sidewalks a lot of times. >> reporter: the district has 2,000 volunteers ready to shovel out sidewalks for seniors and th

in the district, mark segraves, news 4. >> she oversaw construction at the mixing bowl and helped tort vre. they're remembering elaine mcconnell died this weekend. she was 88 years old and mcconnell was a member of the board of supervisors for 24 years and was well known for her leadership in transportation issues and her funeral will be held on friday and saturday in springfield. >>> people all over the world are asking a man from virginia to help them with weight loss after his success landed him in "people" magazine. austin shifflett is featured in the half their size issue. these a 22-year-old college student. he dropped 160 pounds in one year. he did it with daily exercise and the atkins diet. he says his first step was getting on a scale and it read 324 pounds. >> i was, like, this kaerpt be right and i stepped off and i got back on thinking it was a mistake and it said it again and that kind of just hit me and i hit rock bottom right there. austin says his next goal is to work as a personal trainer so he can help others with their weight loss journey. >>> more coyotes in north

. >> as mark segraves is about to show you, getting your car back is not as easy as you might think. right, mark? >> yeah, wendy, nothing is easy after this blizzard. and particularly getting your car back. the snow emergency went into effect early friday morning. and since then, the district has been ticketing and towing cars, moving them off of the snow emergency routes to make sure for snowplows and emergency vehicles. but not everyone was able to move their car in time. two feet of snow is hard to plow. especially if parked cars are in the way. that's one reason mayor bowser declared a snow emergency and cars ticketed and towed if they're on snow emergency routes. since friday morning, 600 cars were stowed and 200 more were given tickets. the drivers weren't happy with the tickets, telling us the car was moved where it would move them. >> if your car was towed, trying to recover it won't be easy. first of all, it's not at the district's impound lot where you might think it is. >> the 572 vehicles that were towed, were either relocated to another street or towed to one of the priva

in the district, mark segraves, news 4. >>> so let's review, we have a blizzard watch and winter stormatch already issued. >> doug and v.j., it's the wind that we have really got to be concerned about with this one, huh? >> that is with the second storm, the big one at the end of the week. for now, this system and a few hours, the next one, 36 hours. >> tonight's, vent, very little snow, but because temperatures are so cold, take a look at the live pictures and this is what's falling out toward bristow. light snow starting to fall and could coat area roads. >> it doesn't take much. those temperatures below freezing and we're starting to see the first flakes around bristow and prince william county around 238 to 34 and there's manassas and manassas park and hillcrest estates and we'll see this through the area and with this fast-moving event, hard to say who will get more and we're going anywhere from a light coating to as much as an inch with it wrapping up and ending by 10:20 p.m. it's well below freezing and these are the roads that could get slick. right around the beltway, down i-9

wendy, back to you. >> mark segraves, thank you, mark. >>> a big crowd up early on martin luther king day calling for people to stop the violence in prince george's county. they've seen too many young people killed. increasing gun violence and assaults against women and the elderly. they want the county to come together to reverse this awful trend. >> this is unacceptable, but we believe the solutions are at our fingertips and we focus education, mental health treatment and talking about the unity that we have to have and family. >> reporter: the group is calling on more prevention and intervention programs to stop gun violence before it stops. >>> fresh off last night's debates all three presidential contenders started their day in south carolina paying tribute to the legacy of dr. king. hillary clinton, bernie sanders and martin o'malley all spoke at the state capitol. it included a call today to remove the confederate flag from the grounds of the statehouse. that flag came down last year in the wake of the charleston church shootings. on the republican side, donald trump spoke to a

mark segraves is live at the marc station in germantown. what's going on, mark? >> reporter: taking the rail could be a good way to get to work, chris, and you can see a lot of people chose to do that today at the marc station in germantown, but if you come here tomorrow, this is what you're going to find, many of the parking spaces are still snowed in. across maryland and throughout virginia, many commuters parking lots are still filled with piles of snow. while crews have been busy pushing the snow out of the way, they had to pile it onto parking spaces. even some handicap spaces are covered. virginia governor terry mcauliffe was on wtop radio today talking about tomorrow morning's commute. >> vre where people can park and the metros, that has to be hit hard. remember, we can't push the snow. it literally has to be picked up and taken somewhere. >> reporter: even today some commuters gave up looking for a space like this man's wife, so he had to drive her to the station. >> she commutes from here and she goes to tyson's and i drove here because it's my day off.

in the district, mark segraves, news 4. >>> we're less than 48 hour away from kickoff. redskins, packers sunday. we have team coverage of the team's first playoff game in several years and doug's standing by with what fans need to know about the weather and jason pugh is at the park with an inside look at the game. >> reporter: players are feeling good about themselves and they're getting ready for the weekend matchup against the green bay packers and news on the injury font and head coach jay gruden announcing that corey lichten steiger will start at center for the redskins and he was placed on i.r. back in december and good news there for redskins fans. as for the rest of his football team they're pumped up to be back in the postseason. the skints enter the playoffs on quite the roll and a four-game streak. kirk cousin, playing at a higher level than anyone expected. we were all anxious to get this game started. >> i'm excited, and i cannot wait. we've got great fans so i just can't wait to get out there and neil the energy coming from the stands. it's going to be ama

news 4's mark segraves is in the newsroom for the latest details on this. since taking office last year, mayor muriel bowser has been making changes. the first move was to hire a new fire chief. in may, the head of the 911 call center moved down after failures by that agency. >> today bowser named karima holmes as the new head of the troubled agency. holmes is currently managing director of a 911 call center in southwest texas in a region with a much smaller population than washington, d.c. >> slow response times have become more common because of miscommunications in dispatching first responders. many were traced back to the 911 call center and most which they acknowledge were understaffed and it had a huge spike in the number of 911 calls. over the past year, failed responses included a delay to a choking child who later died and the metro tunnel smoke incident last year and just last week, a 911 dispatcher sent firefighters to the wrong address. >> the call came in and a dispatcher dispatched 14th street northwest and turned out to be 40th street northwe

and mark segraves found out some people, my kind of people are hoping we get some snow and a lot of it. he's in tinley town neighborhood. how about you? hoping for more or less, segraves? >> reporter: bring it on, van, the more the merrier. my kids don't want to go to school, the wife doesn't want to go to work. if it snow, i'll be working all weekend long. bring it on. that's the sentiment we got from everybody we talked to. it differed how much snow they want but they all said the same thing. they're tired of waiting. bring on the white stuff. >> we need snow. it's about time for a change. >> reporter: we need snow? why do we need the snow? >> just to clear the air of all the dirt and dust and pollution. >> reporter: whether they're looking for a change, or just some fun. are you hoping for snow? >> i am. i am so i can stay home and, you know, play with the snowman. >> reporter: all of these people were getting ready and all of them want the snow to come. >> oh, yeah yeah. we're happy with snow. >> reporter: you want the snow? >> yes. >> absolutely. i love having a snowstorm. >> repo

news 4's mark segraves has that story. >>> nestled in the foothill his of the mountains just outside of frederick, maryland, sits trout run. a fishing lodge that's played host to presidents and movie stars. in 2013 the church of scientology bought the land to build a drug rehab facility called narcanon. it faced opposition from those that didn't want it in their community and the only plan to block the plan was to have it designated as historic. the frederick county council voted to do just that. the church sued the county and today the judge ruled in favor of the church, ordering the county council to provide facts and conclusions of law supporting their vote. >> i would have preferred that the judge would have ruled in favor of the council's decision to back that up. i understand the rationale for what the judge is doing and, and certainly the county council should have justification and that should be clear. >> social betterment properties and the real estate arm of the church issued a statement applauding the judge's decision. the county council has provided a factual and legal j

i'm mark segraves and i'll . parking wars in the district. they are raging.ark segraves set off firestorm on twitter when he posted this picture reminding residents that it is unlawful to save your parking space after you dig it out. mark joins us now from the northwest d.c. with both sides of this growing debate. you know mark this is not a debate or issue, you spent all the time digging a space out for yourself. nobody better dare touch it or think about it. >> hi, mark. >> are you there? >> yeah you're not alone. in that train of thought. hey, doreen. there are lot of people who feel that way but there are people like the mayor and chief of police who feel much differently about it this is a question i've been asking at political debates of candidates, local candidates for years, it sparked so much passion on both sides. if you spend all day clearing out a parking space, are you allowed to save it? so it will will be there when you get home? >> just try to be considered in and realize that nobody really owns that space. when people try to start saving thei

i'm mark segraves. it's coming right here to rfk stadium, and coming up, we'll tell you why thi >>> it has take an huge effort to get metro back up and running. today the transit agency says by tomorrow morning all stations will be open again except for five stops along the silver line. our transportation reporter adam tuss got some rare access inside a rail yard today to see the challenges that metro is up against and he joins us live from the brookland station with more. adam? >> reporter: it's a big mess. that's the best way to describe it, but the good news again, all stations open tomorrow morning except the five silver line stations in northern virginia. the rail system opens at 5:00 in the morning, full fares are back in effect. metrobus will be on a limited schedule. here at the alexandria rail yard metro literally frozen in place. special ximent tries to push the snow away from the rails, and, yes, there are rails under there. but it takes time and it takes multiple passes. so here is just part

mark segraves, thanks so much.t 6:00. >>> here in the driblgistrict t city is urging homeowners and businesses now to clear their sidewalks after any snow falls. news 4's tom sherwood reports a new law makes it easier for the city to impose fines for those who don't. >> reporter: here's another reason to shovel your city's sidewalk. other than being a good neighbor. this is the first snowstorm season in which the city will start giving out tickets similar to parking tickets for businesses and homes that don't clear walkways. before, it was a cumbersome process. >> years past, we'd have to actually file a lien against your property to get you to clean the property. that's really not very smart. >> reporter: now homeowners will face $25 fines if they don't clear sidewalks and curb cuts within 24 hours after a snowstorm. for businesses, the fine will be $150 if a walk isn't cleared within eight daylight hours after a storm. >> this is something we do to make sure people are safe in their own community, get around thei

from liberty manipulate resort mark segraves, news 4 new york. >> that was a risky move. >> tough assignment. he didn't look library he was risking a lot. >> he was ready to get off the lift, though. amelia, a lot of folks happy they had the blizzard coming down. conditions changing, right? >> we're talking about temperatures warming up a little bit as we our way into the upcoming week. tomorrow, 50s. monday, highs around 60 degrees. here's a look at your weather headlines. that will be your second one. warm air slowly moving in over the weekend. dealing with icy spots. you want to be cautious of black ice. keeping a close eye on wednesday. with all the snow melt over the weekend, the early part of the week. rain moving through our wednesday. we could be dealing with flooding, especially on streams, creeks, and low-lying areas. something to keep an eye on. right now temperatures continue to stay in the teens and 20s. 14 in warren ton, 18 in leesburg. 27 degrees here in washington. here's the latest check of satellite and radar. mainly clear skies over most of the area. some try to make their

kick off our team coverage of the storm right now, "news4's" mark segraves is live in northeast washington. muriel bowser just wrapped up a news conference on the dangers of the blizzard here today. >> mark? >> they're warning residents to get home and stay home. the director of homeland security saying this storm will be deadly. their joint operation command center was up and running. it will be until sometime next week. they say we're going to be dealing with the snow at least for a week. they say they're expecting 2 to 2.5 feet of snow to fall in the district at the pace of 1 foot per hour starting at around 1:00 coupled with 50-mile-per-hour winds. they believe that's going result instruct real damages, roof collapses, they're anticipating power outages throughout the city. they say they should be prepared for that and they're urging people to stay off the streets starting at 3:00 p.m. the snow emergency is already in effect. they sate ooh is going to be much worse than snowmaggedon. where the snow fell in three different storms, this will be one continuous convenient happening all at

. >> mark segraves, "news4." >> nice to see the actions. >> absolutely.ice to see the increase, especially with the veterans. >>> a chilly start. it is january though. looking forward -- at least me -- to the cold weather. chuck? >> look at me. you're going to neat your coat as winter has finally arrived in washington after the mildest december on record. not just the mildest. we crushed the old record by more than 5 degrees for a monthly high temperature. so really mild december. now winter has returned. so you need your coat, your jeans, maybe even your scarf on the way out. temperatures are down in the upper 30s, low 40s. colder than we've been in quite some time. this is the leading edge of a pattern change. so get your bike out and enjoy nice ride today. a few fare weather clouds from time to time. afternoon highs, 41 in martinsburg and charles town. 43 in new market, maryland, 44 in gaithersburg, damascus and 48 in falls church. going out tonight it will be cold and dry. temperatures near 40 early this evening but dropping back in the mid-30s by the

. >> reporter: mark segraves. thank you, mark. >>> metro is apologizing for an incident on the green line today. two cars separated while approaching a station right during the morning rush drive. chris sparks joins us now from the live desk. >> it was an unsettling experience. the six-car train that was pulling into the navy yard station a little after 8:00 this morning when two of the cars disengaged. there were plenty of passengers onboard. none of them were hurt, but all of them say metro needs to do better. >> they fixed one line and then the next week something with the next line and i do think they need to be a lot more cautious and a lot to take more precaution and their maintenance and communication. >> metro says the cars separated about 18 inches and crews are able to reconnect them and then they moved it into the station and took it out of service and metro is investigating what caused that uncoupling and we are learning that the results of the investigation will be released at the next board meeting. d

from liberty mountain resort mark segraves, news 4 new york. >>> reporting from the lift. >> he deservedt, though. he was reporting all over the blizzard coverage. today looks like it will be a pretty good melting day. >> let's check in with amelia segal. >> plenty of sunshine coupled with this afternoon in the low to mid 40s will lead to melting. a lot of melting tomorrow and monday as well. still packing icy spots this morning, especially on sidewalks, on ramps, off ramps, bridges and overpasses. with temperatures in many locations still below freezing. it will warm up nicely this afternoon. you still want the warmer jacket, though. as we continue to look to the rest of the weekend and workweek, warmer air moves in. spring-like temps. i think you will like some of the temperatures you're seeing. watching closely, rain is likely. rain along the snow melt will lead to flooding concerns. we will continue to update the forecast and keep a close eye on it. right now i tweeted out a picture of light snow in the loray area. maybe a coating. it is dry in the d.c. metro area. temperatures now a

. >> mark segraves reporting, thanks, mark. >>> a $6 million lawsuit in connection with the death of his son. he say s his son, gus, was improperly denied treatment a day before gus attacked him in 2013. gus stabbed his father 13 times before shooting himself. the commonwealth, the health facility, and the mental health worker who evaluated his son are all included in the lawsuit. >>> we're getting a look this evening at a group of young people who police are calling persons of interest in an assault on a metro train. investigators tell us they want to talk to the six people in these surveillance images you see. they say someone attacked a rider on a red line train near the galudet station two weeks ago at the height of rush hour. police believe it was part of an attempted robbery. >>> everything is getting back to normal tonight on metro after an issue on the green line today. take a look. trains had to single track on the green line for most of the day after a rail cracked near college park this morning. we're told that single tracking created delays for yellow line trains going in

that was his wife who said mark segraves talked to. a fire chief supervisor will decide. >>> d.c.ice say alan johnson threatened his wife and brother-in-law with two guns aet a home on 32 nld street. he was apparently upset about the care of his mother. johnson surrendered after nearly a ten-hour standoff with police on sunday. >>> we're working to learn when the suspect who crashed into a flower shop will make its first court appearance. this is breaking news yesterday morning. police say vincent troy was under the influence when he crashed into a building just after midnight yesterday. a fire erupted after that crash destroying a store. >>> a project to make a d.c. road safer is almost finished. they'll install a sin nal. last year there was #safe way for people to cross the street between the hospital and a bus stop on the other side. two women were killed after being hit by drivers in that area. the new signal will stop traffic when pedestrians push a button. it should be completed in the coming months. >>> there are new developments in a high-profile case. andrew svhmuul and

news 4's mark segraves in northwest with his story. hi, mark. >> reporter: that's right. mark davis says it was a friend of his in nepal that got him interested in solar energy. hearing a speech about then-senator barack obama about reinvesting in renewable energy convinced him to quit his job, learn a new skill and start a brand new business. >> bought into his plan. really did. >> reporter: that was eight years ago. in 2009, mark davis opened wdc solar in a small warehouse in anacostia. his plan was to do more than just sell solar panels. he wanted to spread the word about renewable energy and he wanted to help intercity youth. >> we held training sessions, we train young men and women to become solar installers. and we install solar systems on low-income family homes at no cost to the residents. >> reporter: since 2009, davis' company has trained more than 60 young men and women to be solar installers. people like ramo herbert and alan swanson who weren't thinking about a career until they met davis. >> my vision first was to get a job and get some money. >> reporter:

. >>> i'm mark segraves in the district where the snow emergency has been lifted, but thousands of drivers continue to feel the pain. during the blizzard the district issued more than $1.3 million in parking fines to cars that were illegally parked along snow emergency routes like here on wisconsin avenue. nearly 700 cars were towed away. well, today the mayor has announced she's going to forgive some of those fines. coming up, i'll tell you who will have to pay their tickets and who won't. >>> a follow-up to a news4 i-team investigation. a quarter of all americans have some kind of tattoo, but if you're thinking of getting inked in d.c. right now, one official recommends crossing state lines. >> as tisha thompson shows us, there's no guarantee somebody is checking up on the artist you trust even though the government promised to start doing so years ago. >> reporter: it was inside this dark basement. >> i want that one and i want that one. >> reporter: where the news4 i-team first uncovered the problem. an underground shop run out of a house in northwest d.c. >> some minors lined up to ge

. >> i'm mark segraves in frederick county, maryland. the church of scientology spent millions of dollars to buy hundreds of acres in the foothills of the mountains. their plan was to build a drug rehab facility, at trout run lodge, but they met with opposition from residents and ultimately the frederick county council voted to block their plan. that's when the church of scientology took the council to court and today a judge issued an order in that case saying the frederick county council now has to prove that they're both blocking the plans here for a drug rehab facility are in accordance with frederick county law and that means this case is going to drag on for some time. the church of scientology issued a statement saying they are pleased with the judge's ruling. members of the frederick county council until they've had time to review the judge's order. mark reeg saves, news 4. >>> today some of the residents went back to the scene of the apartment fire and they're still not allowed to go into the condos and some told news 4 they don

. >>> i'm mark segraves.n the basement of an apartment building in washington and we're across the street from where the new wizards training facility is slated to go and this is a neighborhood slated for development. the owner of their building is trying to force them out so he could cash in on that and they've been forced to live in the conditions that are uninhabitable. the d.c. attorney general is now suing the owner of this building trying to force them to make improvements. you can smell the urine in this hallway and you can see the standing water on the basement floor. there are clear signs everywhere that people have been breaking into these buildings, doing drugs here and living in the hallways. coming up at 5:00, you will hear from the residents, from their attorney and they'll tell you why they're refusing to leave. >>> mexican drug lord's escape from prison was like something out of a movie and now that seems more real than ever. what we're learning about a hollywood actor's connection to one of t

. >> mark segraves is live in germantown before what could be a rough ride on the roads tomorrow. what's it like there now, mark? >> reporter: well, it's sunny and beautiful, pat, but i got to tell you things tomorrow could be really dicey. this is the marc commuter lot and there are dozens of these lots throughout our region, for marc, for vre, for metro, and the problem is this. many of these lots are still covered in snow. they've been able to push the snow out of the way, but the problem was they pushed it right on top of other parking spaces. here at the marc lot, i'm estimating that about 30% of the parking spaces are still covered in snow. many of the handicap spots are also covered in snow, so that means tomorrow when you try to drive here to catch the train into washington or wherever your destination is going to be, you're going to be hard pressed to find an open parking spot. on a good day it's hard to find a spot. with so many spaces covered with snow, there will be fewer options for commuters. i did speak to officials and they have crews, in fact, just one crew over th

. >>> i'm mark segraves in the district where social workers around the city are making wellness checks on senior citizens. they're doing it by phones and offices like these and they're actually going out on the street. social workers knocking on doors, making sure they're almost vulnerable and senior citizens and thousand who are living on their own are being checked on, making sure they're going to have meals before the storm comes and making sure they have heat and making sure their sidewalk gets shovelled once the storm hits. >>> to check the forecast and track the school closings and delays make sure you download the nbc washington app to your smartphone or tablet. use it to get weather alerts and track the storm wherever you are. >>> a late rally on wall street helps stocks claw back after a steep sell-off today. another plunge in the price of crude oil sent the market down 550 points and stocks recovered most of that ground this afternoon. oil prices, meanwhile fell to 12-year lows this week and the price of crude is down 20% this year. >>> only on news 4, a former white house su

as mark segraves reports, both communities were counting on the jobs in the retail options that those stores would have brought to the area. >> i was in that meeting in las vegas where it was put to walmart in very clear terms, if you don't build a skyline, you cannot build anywhere else in the district of columbia. >> former mayor vincent gray was also in those negotiations. >> i believe the mayor and you should get the media and go down to bentonville, arkansas, and say to those people down there this is an absolute outrage. you need to understand how devastating this is and you need to turn around this decision. >> muriel boirs was just as upset to go back on its promise to open two stores on neighborhoods that desperately need jobs and retail. >> i'm blood mad about it. >> council member vincent orange wants the district to consider taking walmart to court. >> i think we should use every available avenue to want to enforce that agreement or there should be consequences and i'm hoping that our attorney general and that this government really comes down hard on them. >> reporter: an

. >> i'm mark segraves. welcome to the cube. it's one of the many virtual experiences here at the 9:30 club world fair celebrating 35 years of rock 'n' roll history right here in the nation's capital. what started out in the basement of of a building has morphed into one of the greatest rock 'n' roll venues in the world and you can see some of the one of a kind exhibits that can only be found at the 930 club. >> coming up at 5k cl:00, we'll tell you which musician kept his hair dryer at 930 club. >>> a frantic search and it all ends with a happy outcome. >> i feel blessed because you know, he's okay. >> scary situation separates mom and baby. why she says she's not mad at the person who took her and what she did before her son was taken she swears she's never going to do again. >> this is news 4 at 4:00. >> a mom in southern california is overjoyed and thankful that she got her son back safely. he went missing yesterday when police took her mini van with the toddler strapped inside. the ordeal also taught her a very important le